In Defense of the Flub

Forget the high-tech precision gear. Miscues
and anguish are what's great about golf

By

John Paul Newport

Updated June 3, 2006 11:59 p.m. ET

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By virtue of my job (professional golf writer!) I am privileged to play some of the best golf courses in the world. Just in the past few years -- please don't hate me -- I have played Pine Valley, Pebble Beach, St. Andrews, Shinnecock, Bandon Dunes, Baltusrol, Mid Ocean and other gems so numerous that you don't want to hear about it.